Dirigible headlight for automobiles.



J. NPBRADLEY. DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FIEED APR. 17, I915. I 1 .163315. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

.I. N.-BRADLEY. DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 17, HHS.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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EIEKGIBLE EEJELEG-HT 56E, AUTQMGBZLE? Specifica'tien of Letters Patent.

A 1 licsticii filed April 193$. Eerial sic. 211 972,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that JAMES N, BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dii igible Heedli ghts for Automobiles; and I do (feelers the following to he a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will so able others skilled in the art- 'to which it eppertains to make and use the same, erence being heel so the accompanying drewings, and to she characters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification My invention relates to improvements in dirigible headlights for eutcinchiles my ob ject being to provide a construction of this character which shall make ii; for the chauffeur or person in charge of the machine to shift or change position of; the head-- light on sums, to conespoi cl vih the Clix-ec- -eioli of she road, w. ereby .liluniisstion from the lamps shall at all mes he VVheie no gro- Vision is made 101 a fHZ1Cl' O11 o this chap ecter, ibis weli'lisiown shot the T iight from the lamps on turns thrown outside of the road, and beyonel track which the machine is tieveli1ig,.'=2hus mel i impossible for the cheiiiieur so oisceri cbmm, and conseq'uetoi-li, the road}, when yehe light is in such position, cannot be illuminated. Fuiihermcre, in constructions where the ordinary liomgp s are used, the light sites making a turn, "is not again lilHOWll upon ihe road in from; of the machine the letter is headed in s ste ght CllEQClZlOXL The object my invention is to We come 10 i =5 msverse yogi e sine exies means connected wee which is employed "co connect 1 oil the front wheels whereby e two wheels arevceusecl to sum simuliaheously steermg purposes.

In my lmiproWmenh'the bracket is ivotsllv morntecl 01153 member securecl to iii iih e forward-extremity of she chassis of she machine, the pivoted. part being continued downwardly and connected Wilfii'i s crank arm; with which. it, is made to slim. To the opposite extremeiiy of this is hinged link, which in' turn is pounce-fled with an auxiliary o rigieily secured; to an arm,

'1 is i clamped to FGLi CORRGG J- ing' the stub mile cranks of the front Wheels As thi red is shifted during the steering operation, a rotary movement on the axes of the lamps is imparted to the latter in harmony Willi the turning movement of the machine, whereby the light is continuously kephupon the track or road in from of the mschina Hay outlined my improved construction, as well as the function it is intended to pet-form, I will proceed to clescribe the in detail, reference being made in the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof In this (he? fog, Figure 1 is a top P1331 View of the front psrfi oi the chassis of an automobile the ems being equipped. with my imprcwemenx, the parts shown in two positions, namely, in full line position and position. 2, is View Fig. 3 is a siole View partly i 7 i1 1 partly in SQCiSlOIl of my 1112.- prc'iement, the sense being shown on i e1 scale in 1 and 2, the transoi': the steerlns mechanism being nu; wheels of an 5M which are connects with one of ihe stub axles in the insnnei" usual sv -se rod 8 is clamped two arms 18, which e* end upwardly above the front axle 1 of the machine These arms may be adjusted longitudinally of the red. 8, chus making is possibie to attach the appara fius to machines of varying constiuceion. This attachment is made by means of clamp composed of s lower member 15 and an upper member 16, these iwo members co-i operating to form a cavity which is wisps ed 60 receive the rod 8. the same being; clamped thereto by means of bolts Loicap screws 17 which are passed through istez'ing cpe i s form J wi ers;

turning movement of the machine, said means comprising main arms mounted on thesaid rod, auxiliary arms rigidl connected with the main arms andexten ing at an angle thereto, and crank armslocated between the aux-iliaryarms and the lamps, bolts pivotally connecting the auxiliary arms with the crank arms, one set of arms being slotted to receive saidbolts, the crank arms and auxiliary arms being spaced on the bolt, spiral springs surrounding the bolts and located between the auxiliary arms and the crank arms, the opposite extremities of the crank arms being connected with the lamps, for the purpose set forth.

4:. The combination -with the steering mechanism of an automobile, including the usual transverse rod, of pivoted lamp brackets, crank arms connected at one extremity with said brackets, auxiliary arms pivotally connected with the crank arms, one set of said connected arms being slotted, springs located between the auxiliary arms and crank arms, main arms rigidly mounted on the transverse rod at one extremity, While their opposite extremities are rigidly and adjustably connected with the auxiliary'arms, substantially as described.

5. The combination with the steering mechanism of an automobile, including the usual transverse connecting rod, and lamp brackets pivotally mounted on the chassis of the machine, of main arms rigidly and adjustably connected with the said steering rod, auxiliary arm's rigidly and adjustably connected with the main arms, crank arms located between the lamp brackets and auxiliary arms, bolts pivotally connecting the auxiliary arms with the crank arms, one set of arms being slotted to receive the said bolts, spiral springs surrounding the bolts and located betweenthe auxiliary armsand crank arms, the opposite extremities of the crank arms being pivot-ally connected with the lamp brackets, the crank arms being vertically flexible, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES N. BRADLEY. Witnesses:

MAZE Kmux, A. EBERT- OBRIEN. 

